1920's themed fundraiser dinner/auction

This is Bruce & Holly Jones, some of our neighbors/friends.

We sat together at The Child & Family Services Center's

fundraiser again this year. Bruce won "best costume"

for the men! It was great!

This is Colleen Low and her husband Mark's sister.

Colleen and Mark are also friends.

These people were "props" for the pictures

Ok, I know this picture is sideways! I spent about

a half hour in my photo program and finally figured

out how to turn it the right way, saved it and then

couldn't find it anywhere! So I gave up. The only

reason I posted it is because Christa wanted to see the

whole dress that I am wearing. I had a friend help

me make the dress part (because I didn't have a pattern, just a

dress that was too small that I needed to make a

pattern from). Then I sewed on the fringe. Pretty

simple, but it did the trick. It was a fun night, good

food, good entertainment and a good cause!

San Diego Zoo

It has taken me awhile to finish uploading pics from our

Spring Break vacation. These were taken at the

San Diego Zoo. This guy was HUGE!!

Koala Bears have always been my FAVORITE!

They look so soft and snuggly, right? I was soooo

super excited to finally see one in REAL life! When

I was a little girl I had a stuffed animal Koala. I wish

I knew what happened to it...

The boys loved these Meercats. They were sunning

themselves! So funny!

Big huge lion

Leaving Mexico

Ahhh, I love this man!

At the border crossing (took about 1 1/2 hours

to cross this time, the last time we were here 5 years

ago it took 3 hours) When you are in your car

waiting to cross the border there are people walking

along the road trying to sell you stuff, wash your windows,

etc. Its atleast entertaining!

Fun on the beach in Mexico

Bryce flying his batman kite on the beach

After a day of shopping in Rosarito its fun to eat some

authentic mexican food. The boys favorite part was

the coke in a bottle. They said it tasted sooooo good!

Nothing better than horseback riding on a beach!

Tanner enjoyed it alot!

Bryce & Greg's horses wanted to run alot. Well,

Greg's horse wanted to be in the lead the whole time

and Bryce's horse wanted to stay by him. Bryce

really liked galloping!

More Mexico

Greg is so relaxed on vacation, he needs that

more often!

Bryce and Greg playing tennis

Relaxing in the sun by the pool!

This is our view from the balcony in the daytime. It

is so beautiful there!

More Mexico

One of the things the boys were both looking forward to

was buying fireworks and blowing them up on the

beach. These are the M-80s and M-100's

This huge bag of M-80s cost around $10, they had

a great time blowing them up! What is it with boys

and fireworks?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? PEOPLE ACTUALLY EAT THIS????

That is just sick and wrong. We went to a grocery store

and this is in the meat department. YUCK!!!!!!!

Bryce looks like he is freezing to death, but he had a

great time! They took surfing lessons and were out

there for several hours. No way would they have been

able to stay out there that long without wet suits.

Handsome surfing boys!

Rosarito Beach, Mexico

The water was like 50 degrees, but the boys went out

boogy boarding anyways (once)

Bryce running back to warm up in the sun

Tanner having fun playing in the waves

This is always my favorite part, relaxing in the hot tub!

Beautiful sunset view from our balcony

Fun day in Indio with cousins

My cousin Debbie and her family were staying about

10 min away from our condo and came to visit us.

Bryce had a lot of fun playing with her boys.

Tanner mostly layed in the sun, but did hold the

baby and play with the boys a little.

Trying to warm up after being in the COLD pool

This is Boone, he is 3 months old and still tiny! We all

had so much fun holding and snuggling him!!

This is Jette and he is full of energy. Such a cutie!

Bryce had a ball with Luke! He just turned 3 and

loved the water! He was under it more than not. Luke

started out at a little over 1 lb at birth. He is doing

great and is an active and smart little boy!! Actually,

all of Debbie's kids have been premature. Jette was a little

bigger at I think around 4 lbs and Boone was about 6 lbs (but

still preemie). The boys are all doing well and it was so fun

to have them come and visit us for a few hours. Mark & Debbie

have their hands full with these three boys under the age of 3.

I wish we lived closer so we could help them and enjoy the boys more!

I'm sure Tanner & Bryce would LOVE to babysit!!

More Universal Studios

The Water Worlds Show

This show was really neat. They had an airplane

fly in through a little space and land in the water,

jet ski jumping around, people swinging and diving into

the water, things blowing up, etc.

Outside of the haunted house with Chucky

I really can't remember the names of these people

the boys were posing by. They drive a really cool car

which is in the background. It was a fun day with the boys!!

More Universal Studios

Scene from War of the Worlds

Its amazing to me that they can afford to keep

this set up. They filmed parts of the movie here

This is a man carrying a body out of the house which

was kind of freaky. Its the guy from Psycho (can't remember

his name). He walked up to the bus with a knife in his hand also!

Love this

Scene from the Grinch (its all made of styrafoam)

More Universal Studios

Flash floods during the tour

These flash floods were pretty neat to see! We were

in a bus on a tour of the movie sets and they

released the water!

This picture is supposed to be first, but as usual

I did it backwards. Its the beginning of the flood

The boys really liked this from the "Fast & Furious"

the cars were being thrown around and blown up